Jon & Vangelis
| Jon & Vangelis | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Synth pop |
| founding | 1979 |
| resolution | 1984 |
| Last occupation | |
| Jon Anderson | |
| Vangelis | |
Jon & Vangelis was a collaboration between the British singer Jon Anderson (from the band Yes ) and the Greek keyboardist Vangelis Papathanasiou (ex Aphrodite's Child ) in the field of electronic music .
From 1980 to 1991 they recorded four albums and had top hits with I Hear You Now and I'll Find My Way Home . Anderson wrote the lyrics and Vangelis composed the music.
history
The two artists met in the mid- 1970s on the British progressive rock scene. Vangelis was briefly discussed as keyboardist with Yes after Rick Wakeman left the band. Ultimately, however, Vangelis did not want to subordinate himself to any group. Anderson was a guest singer on two Vangelis albums ( Heaven and Hell 1975 and See You Later 1980), and he played the harp on another Vangelis album ( Opera Sauvage 1979).
In 2011, Anderson reached out to Vangelis to inquire about a possible new collaboration, but received no response.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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| 1980 | Short stories |
DE30 (15 weeks) DE |
AT18 (2 weeks) AT |
- |
UK4th  (11 weeks)UK |
US125 (15 weeks) US |
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| 1981 | The Friends of Mr Cairo |
DE13 (28 weeks) DE |
AT8 (10 weeks) AT |
- |
UK6th (23 weeks)UK |
US64 (34 weeks) US |
|
| 1983 | Private Collection |
DE27 (11 weeks) DE |
AT18 (2 weeks) AT |
- |
UK22 (10 weeks) UK |
US148 (7 weeks) US |
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| 1991 | Page of Life¹ | - | - | - | - | - | |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
¹ Page of Life was remastered in 1998 and re-released with partly completely different and longer songs. This version of the album roughly corresponds to the version of the first demo tapes of the album and also contains the song Change We Must , while Jazzy Box , Is It Love , Be a Good Friend of Mine and Journey to Ixtlan are missing.
Compilations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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CH
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| 1984 | Best of Jon and Vangelis |
DE52 (5 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK42 (9 weeks) UK |
- | |
| 1994 | Chronicles | - | - | - | - | - | |
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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AT
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CH
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UK
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US
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| 1980 | I Hear You Now |
DE69 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
UK8 (11 weeks) UK |
US58 (6 weeks) US |
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| 1981 | I'll find my way home |
DE6 (23 weeks) DE |
AT19 (2 weeks) AT |
CH1 (14 weeks) CH |
UK6th  (13 weeks)UK |
US51 (9 weeks) US |
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| 1983 | And when the night comes | - | - | - |
UK87 (3 weeks) UK |
- | |
| He is sailing | - | - | - |
UK61 (3 weeks) UK |
- | ||
| 1984 | State of Independence | - | - | - |
UK67 (3 weeks) UK |
- | |
Other collaborations between Anderson and Vangelis can be heard on the albums Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe by the band of the same name and on Keys to Ascension 2 by Yes.
Awards for music sales
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
| Country / Region |
silver |
gold |
 platinum
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Sales | swell |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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United Kingdom (BPI)
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silver1
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2 × gold2
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- | 370,000 | bpi.co.uk |
| All in all |
silver1
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2 × gold2
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